Chapter 692: An Unexpected Harvest
Chu Xian knew that at this time, many soldiers were actually in a hesitant situation, of course, if Peng Yu was still alive, with the official position and power of the other party's commander, these 50,000 cavalry would definitely obey his orders, but Chu Xian acted decisively, and killed him when he said he would, and first remove Peng Yu's scourge, then there would be room for easing the situation, otherwise there would be no chance at all.
Even so, the current situation is quite dangerous, killing Peng Yu is a move that has to be taken, killing him will have consequences, if you don't kill him, there will be more troubles, so in comparison, of course, you have to kill.
But if the remaining generals and commanders are bent on supporting the emperor and avenging Peng Yu, it will be difficult to do, and the final result is still to face the charge of ten thousand horsemen, and there is no chance of winning at that time, so even Chu Xian is extremely nervous now. He can only believe that only a small number of people such as Peng Yu will support the emperor wholeheartedly, and most of the soldiers will not change so quickly, and they still have reverence for the Shoufu Pavilion, which is where Chu Xian's chances lie.
Up to now, there is one more thing that makes Chu Xian very surprised, that is, why this Peng Yu has defected, logically speaking, it should not be a thing, if it is not a particularly trusted person, the military department and the Shoufu Pavilion will definitely not let this Peng Yu control the command of the recent Red Feather Legion in Jingzhou.
If the other party can sit in this position, it means that they can be trusted.
So, how could Peng Yu betray so easily?
This is something that Chu Xian can't figure out, Chu Xian doesn't believe it, can the military department and the Shoufu Pavilion not even have the ability to know people at this point?
Certainly not.
Not to mention those bigwigs of the Shoufu Pavilion, it is Zhao Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who is also an extremely powerful figure, he chooses people, he is definitely a henchman, and he is also a confidant after a long time of observation and consideration, since he is a confidant, he should not betray so quietly.
At this time, Chu Xian thought of this, and suddenly there was a spiritual light, and he thought of a possibility.
He turned his head to look at Peng Yu's corpse on the ground.
It was this glance that made Chu Xian see the clue.
You must know that Peng Yu can sit in the high position of the commander of the Red Feather Army, and his martial arts cultivation is definitely not bad, and he should be at least at the grandmaster level, but just now, he was easily held hostage by himself, and he didn't even have the slightest power to resist, I didn't think it was like it before, but now that I think about it, it's really a little incredible.
As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, just now Chu Xian looked at the corpse, and sure enough, he saw a slight difference in the skin color of the other party's face, neck and arms.
At that moment, Chu Xian confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and immediately used the dragon capture technique, using his true qi to retrieve things from the air, and grabbed Peng Yu's head.
If you take a closer look, you are laughing at the moment, there is a layer of human skin mask on Peng Yu's face, half of it is torn off, and behind the mask is another face.
In other words, this person is not Peng Yu's commander at all.
It's someone impersonating.
At that moment, Chu Xian said this matter loudly, there is evidence, and the head will not be fake, and a few of Peng Yu's personal soldiers around him gasped when they saw it, so even if there were people encouraging them behind, these personal soldiers also took the initiative to stop it, so that everyone would not act rashly.
Among these pro-soldiers, many of them are commanders, and some of them are generals, all of whom have real power, before Chu Xian killed Peng Yu, they really wanted to avenge their chief officer, but at this moment, seeing that the situation had changed, they immediately became cautious and restrained many cavalry, they spoke at the moment, it was obviously very effective, at least the situation was controlled, even if someone instigated, no one listened.
"It's really not the commander, this, what's going on?" A personal soldier stepped forward to take a look, his face changed greatly, he didn't expect that this Peng Yu commander who was killed by Chu Xian was actually someone wearing a human skin mask and pretending.
Before, they didn't see it at all.
"Isn't this General Liu Qi? How could it be him?" someone recognized the face under the mask and exclaimed again.
"Whatever it is, figure it out!"
And when Chu Xian heard this, he also suddenly realized, he had seen the name Liu Qi, when Li Qianlong was engaged in literary prison before, this Liu Qi was a general who was placed by the other party.
It's just that the other party is in this position, you must know that in the army, there are generally five or six generals, who are responsible for different affairs, mainly to help the commander share some logistics and give orders, so if one is inserted, no one will particularly care, and at that time, Li Qianlong They replaced more than 100 officials in various places and in Jingzhou, who would care about a small general?
It is certain that Liu Qi is Li Qianlong's person.
Before, Chu Xian was still thinking about which Liu Qi was, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually pretending to be Peng Yu, so where is the real Peng Yu?
Chu Xian thought about it for a while, and knew that he must have been imprisoned somewhere, and this matter was probably the ghost that Liu Qi and Li Qianlong had inserted.
It may probably be that they observed Peng Yu's living habits, and then not long ago, they calculated Peng Yu, or imprisoned him, or put him under house arrest, and then let Liu Qi, who had been prepared, wear the mask he had made a long time ago and appear as Peng Yu's commander, so that of course, he could easily mobilize an army of 50,000.
Before, Chu Xian thought that Li Qianlong might buy Peng Yu, or he would think of a way to let Liu Qi gain a greater right to speak, at least to compete with Peng Yu, and then take the opportunity to seize power and mobilize the army.
Unexpectedly, the tactics and moves used by the other party were more simple and direct, and they were more direct to the point.
That is to directly replace Peng Yu and find an imposter to give orders for the other party, obviously, this method is more insidious and vicious, and it is not easy to detect.
Judging from the fact that even Peng Yu's personal guards didn't notice it, this imposter play is quite good.
If it weren't for Chu Xian's interception halfway, if it wasn't for Chu Xian's decisive move and killing the other party, then I am afraid that no one would be able to detect this secret in a short period of time.
Even if it senses that something is wrong, 50,000 cavalry entering the city is already a victory.
This is luck, Chu Xian killed decisively and beheaded this impostor, so that no matter how similar the other party was to disguise it before, it was still fake, and it couldn't be real.
If what Chu Xian said before could not really make these 50,000 elite soldiers abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then now, the situation is too favorable for Chu Xian.
The commander was faked, and hundreds of cavalry saw this, and the cavalry behind also quickly listened to their companions explain the matter, and they were all extremely surprised and angry.
Now, if those spies hidden in the army want to sow discord again, it will be difficult, and the smart ones have immediately turned their guns, stupid, and still shouting, but naturally they were surrounded by the surrounding cavalry and controlled.
"The current situation has become quite clear, all the soldiers, this impostor is just to obtain military power, so he will pretend to be a commander, and his heart can be punished, these people just want to disrupt the order of the officialdom of the Holy Dynasty, that is, to use you to achieve their ulterior purposes. Chu Xian's words this time were obviously more useful than the previous ten sentences, after all, the evidence was there, and the one who pretended to be their commander was the general who was transferred some time ago, no wonder he hadn't seen the other party since a few hours ago, which showed that the imposter had already transferred his bag and began to pretend to be their commander from that time.
I have to say that this calculation is really insidious and vicious, and if it wasn't for Chu Xian running to stop it, I'm afraid that the other party's plan has succeeded.
Just thinking about it, you know that once you let the unscrupulous people control the military power and let these soldiers enter the city, then Li Qianlong will really become the emperor with great power.
When the time comes, the winner will be the king, and the loser will be the villain, and who will care about the cruelty and insidiousness of this emperor? Yes, it will only be the praise and praise of the people of the world.
Now that things are clear, as for the real Peng Yu, he should not be dead yet.
After all, there is an official code, and if an official dies, the person who guards the official code will know, and that is to startle the snake, so Chu Xian feels that the real commander Peng Yu should still be alive, but he should be trapped or under house arrest.
This is in line with the purpose of the rebels, who are for the sake of military power, not for murder. The real Peng Yu may still be trapped somewhere in the barracks, but there is no way to verify it immediately at the moment.
At this time, several generals and captains glanced at each other, then stepped forward and saluted Chu Xian.
"Lord Chu, what is next, please advise. ”
Obviously, the current situation is too complicated, and although they already know that the commander has been faked, they really dare not decide what to do when they get here. So they handed over this power to Chu Xian, firstly, Chu Xian is a martial saint, more powerful than any of them, and secondly, the people present, Chu Xian's official position is the highest, so it is also the most suitable and appropriate to let Chu Xian make up his mind, otherwise none of them will have the prestige to lead 50,000 cavalry.
Who would have thought that after this coming and going, Chu Xian actually got the command of the 50,000 Red Feather Cavalry, the strongest combat force that is currently enough to change the existing situation.
Chu Xian was not ambiguous, let alone shirked, if he still shirked at this time, he would really be a fool.
"The generals listened to the order, and those who had just shaken the morale of the army among the first generals, and the people who supported the emperor were all arrested for me, and whoever dared to resist would be killed. ”
Chu Xian's first order was this, as the so-called outside must first be inside, Chu Xian didn't want to have any trouble inside for a while.
As long as a part of the people is controlled, even if the tone is set, no one dares to mention the matter of supporting the emperor, and this is the case for the soldiers below, they must have their own ideas, but as soldiers, they must follow orders. Just thought that before, the fake Peng Yu led them to Jingzhou to support the emperor's escort, even if there were cavalry doubts and unwillingness, there was no way but to comply, this is their duty.
At this moment, in the same way, now the command is controlled by those commanders and generals designated by Chu Xian, then Chu Xian is the commander of these 50,000 people, and Chu Xian's words are military orders, which must be followed.